Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1468: Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requiring certain sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports to the Department of Environmental Protection beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter; requiring the department, in consultation with water management districts and sewage disposal facilities, to submit specified reports to the Governor and Legislature beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter, and to post such reports on its website, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to advanced wastewater treatment; providing legislative findings; requiring certain sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports to the Department of Environmental Protection beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter; requiring the department, in consultation with water management districts and sewage disposal facilities, to submit specified reports to the Governor and Legislature beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter, and to post such reports on its website; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to advanced wastewater treatment; providing legislative findings; requiring certain sewage disposal facilities to submit specified reports to the Department of Environmental Protection beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter; requiring the department, in consultation with water management districts and sewage disposal facilities, to submit specified reports to the Governor and Legislature beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter, and to post such reports on its website; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.â(1)âThe Legislature finds that the discharge of inadequately treated wastewater and aging sewage disposal facilities compromise the quality of the environment, including freshwater, brackish water, and nearshore and offshore salt waters, and threatens the quality of life and local economies in this state that depend on those resources. The Legislature further finds that requiring advanced wastewater treatment or better at all sewage disposal facilities with a permitted capacity of greater than 1 million gallons per day in this state is a necessary long-term investment that will fundamentally improve wastewater treatment. (2)âBy July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, sewage disposal facilities with a permitted capacity of greater than million gallons per day in this state shall report to the Department of Environmental Protection all of the following: (a)âYear of …